Wrongful detentions, judges’ quotas in the search for illegals in India’s Assam
Three years ago, police in India’s northeastern state of Assam were looking for a woman named Madhumala Das, who had been declared an illegal immigrant by...
A Minute With: Jason Statham and Idris Elba on ‘Fast & Furious’ spin-off
Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham return as agent Hobbs and outcast Shaw in “Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw”, their own spin-off in the hugely...
Iran says India given consular access to 18 crew of the detained British vessel
Iran granted India consular access to 18 Indian crew members of the detailed British vessel Stena Impero, the Iranian ambassador to Britain said....
Broken promise: Philippines Duterte vetoes bill on short-term contracts
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a measure that would have ended companies’ practice of hiring workers on short-term contracts, his spokesman said on Friday,...
Southwest Airlines to resume growth to Hawaii in Aug-2019, increase service to Mexico in 2020 – CAPA – Centre for Aviation
Southwest Airlines to resume growth to Hawaii in Aug-2019, increase service to Mexico in 2020 CAPA – Centre for Aviation American Airlines and Southwest Airlines reveal...
China’s steel minnows sidestep pollution rules to boost output
Small steel mills in China are taking advantage of lax environmental enforcement to ramp up production ahead of bigger rivals, industry and government officials said,...
Oil advances as geopolitical tensions offset slack demand
Oil prices edged higher on Friday on worries about Middle East tensions, though a flagging global economic growth outlook amid the U.S.-China trade war capped...
Protesters calling for ‘free Hong Kong’ converge on airport
Several hundred protesters calling for democracy and some chanting “free Hong Kong” converged on the Chinese-ruled city’s airport on Friday as neighboring Singapore advised its...
Russia says it will ban think-tank formerly run by U.S. ambassador
Russia said on Thursday it was preparing to ban the Atlantic Council, a think-tank formerly run by the U.S. ambassador to Moscow, which Russia’s prosecutor...
Police ordered to pull their weight as Indonesia fights obesity
An Indonesian province has put 50 overweight police on a crash program of aerobics, swimming and jogging, telling them they’d better shape up for the...